Tuesday, November 25, 2014

if the director was of a different race


I believe the films would be different if the director was of a different race, ethnicity, or religious belief for many reasons, first the stories would be told a lot different and they would be less powerful. Like the movie Do the Right Thing wouldn’t have been so powerful if it was by a white director. The whole moral of the story would have changed and the story would have been switched around instead of explaining the black’s side of the story as thoroughly. In my opinion I feel like they would try to show the blacks being very rude and getting in trouble a lot. I also feel like they would try to make the whites look more innocent and never wrong.

 The movie  Schindler's List wouldn’t be as successful in its depiction of the Nazi's oppression and elimination of the Jews if Spielberg was a German Catholic because the story wouldn’t have the meaning it is supposed to. I feel the movie wouldn’t have hit that emotional spot as much as it did. This movie would come from a total different point of view if the director was a different race or had a different religious belief. For example they would try to show more horrific things they did to the Jews and try showing how not one person felt bad or tried to stop it. They would have tried to make everyone think and look at Schindler as a horrible person for trying to betray them and going behind their back.  

Monday, November 24, 2014

sports


            The role sports play in racism is that every sport has many races that come together and work as a team. Teammates have to understand each other in this understanding leads to acceptances. In the movie “42” Jackie Robinsons teammates did not want him on the team. By the end of the movie they were defending him because they has respect for the man and looked past the color of his skin. In my opinion I think they do help eliminate racism because if someone is raciest it wouldn’t stop them from cheering for there favorite team or sport. When the movie Remember the Titans switched to having blacks on their team some off the white fans stayed and still cheered them on. Another example is when Julian went to Pelatier’s house and a police officer stopped him, Julian though he was going to be harassed but instead the officer told him good game. They both had a change of heart. Sports coaches have a moral obligation to not single anyone out because of their race. As a little kid you don’t see others different from you because of their color, you learn how to think and look at that other person from your parents or family.  

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Here Comes the Boom


The movie Here Comes the Boom fits the hero archetype because Scott Voss is doing something dangerous to raise money for the music program at the high school he works at. Scott Voss wants to become a successful mixed martial arts fighter to get the money.  Scott is just a biology teacher that has no experience in fighting other then back in high school. But Scott doesn’t care because even if he loses he still gets $10,000. The UFC wanted Scott to come to Grand Las Vegas and fight for $50,000. When he got there he found out all the schools money and the money that he already won from previous fights was stolen. At that point Scott would have to win the UFC fight in order to save the music program or everything he has done would be worthless. He was fighting Ken Dietrich that said he was fighting someone that doesn’t deserve to be in a UFC fight. As Scott walks out in front of everyone on the day of the fight he sees that the kids in his music program were playing his song and showed up to support him. Scott Voss ends up winning the fight somehow and getting $50,000 for the school. I think he is a hero for putting his life at risk just to help the kids at his school.